PERMFILE58440

• Permit No: M1994077
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/15/1994
• Doc Name: ADEQUACY OF THE PERMIT APPLICATION WASHINGTON CNTY NICKELL PIT FN M-94-077
• From: DMG
• To: WASHINGTON CNTY ATTORNEY
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmenl of Natural Resou¢es
1313 Sherman Si., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
August 15, 1994
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Roy Romer
Governor
Ken Salazar
Mr. W.B. Paynter E'e`°"veo"e°°'
Washington County Attorney Michael B. Long
117 Main, P.O. BOX A Drvislon Drreonr
Akron, CO 80720
RE: Adequacy of the Permit Application, Washington County, Nickell
Pit; File No. M-94-077
Dear Mr. Paynter:
The following items must be addressed for the above referenced
application to be adequate under the Mined Land Reclamation Act:
1. On the updated application form submitted to the Division on July
28, 1994, you have indicated that the pre- and post-mining land
use for this site is pastureland. Review of the site description
prepared by the SCS, and review of the proposed reclamation plan,
indicates that the site would more accurately be characterized as
rangeland. Please acknowledge that the pre- and post-mining land
uses are rangeland.
2. On the updated application form submitted to the Division on July
28, 1994, you have indicated that the permit area will be 8.51
acres. The access road must be included in the permit area making
the total permit area 9.42 acres. Please acknowledge that the
road is included in the permit area, and also provide reclamation
details for the road. Alternatively, you may leave the road as a
post-reclamation feature if you can provide written acceptance
from the surface owner.
3. Please commit to stabilizing the topsoil stockpile by establishing
grasses on the stockpile during the first growing season following
soil salvage.
4. The way that the mine plan currently reads, Washington County
would have the latitude to lower the Vega Creek stream bed up to
ten feet within the permit area. Lowering of the stream bed to
this extent would result in head-cutting at times when the stream
is flowing, causing bank degradation and erosion outside the
permit area to the south. The applicant must either commit to
limiting the maximum vertical extent of stream bed excavation, or
must submit a plan to prevent head-cutting.